The Future of Democracy
Theme Change due to Current Events!
In reaction to the killing of George Floyd by a policeman in Minneapolis, we are currently witnessing a wave of protests that are no longer limited to the US, but are echoed in many countries all over the globe. Does this indicate, that a new global protest movement is about to emerge? And, how do these protests relate to the experience of the corona crisis?
Did the Corona pandemic sharpen the awareness of system-inherent disparities and social gaps? How do the victims of the corona crisis represent unequal opportunity and structural injustice that have been rooted in our societies for long time?
Which instruments can democratic societies and their institutions implement, to take action against this inequality? What kind of challenges do politicians and stakeholders of civil society face in moderating conflicts and creating a new basis for dialogue involving social groups that have been marginalized so far? What type of platforms and mediators are required for modeling social change?
Daisuke Tsuda will discuss these questions with his guests
Chikako Mori (Sociologist and Professor, Doshisha University),
Sven Saaler (Historian and Professor, Sophia University, Head, Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation,Tokyo) and
Koichi Yasuda (Journalist, Non-Fiction Writer)
During the broadcast, viewers have the opportunity to ask questions to the guests live.
With Japanese and English simultaneous interpretation
Broadcast LIVE 20:00 JST / 13:00 CEST via:
English:
www.facebook.com/goethe.institut.tokyo
Japanese:
twitter.com/GI_Tokyo,
www.youtube.com/user/goethetokyo
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